Premieres and Notables: April 2-8, 2012

Monday, 4/2

Adventure Time; Cartoon Network. 6:30 pm CST. 4th Season Premiere.

Bones; Fox. 7 pm CST. Mid-season Return.

Yard Crashers; DIY. 8 pm CST. Season Premiere


Wednesday, 4/4

One Tree Hill (The CW; 7 pm CST).  Series Finale

Betty White's Off Their Rockers; NBC.  7 pm CST.  Series Premiere.
Betty hosts this show featuring seniors who pull pranks on the public.
Sounds terrible-- but I watched the sneak peek a while back, and it was actually quite funny.
Worht checking out.

Best Friends Forever; NBC. 7:30 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Two women are inseparable-- much to the dismay of one's boyfriend...
I watched the pilot ep last week, and it was a struggle. Not funny.
Of course, if we've learned anything the last twelve months, we've learned you can't judge a comedy by its shitty pilot.
I still don't have high hopes for this one...

Day Jobs; GAC. 8 pm CST. Season Premiere.

Happy Endings (ABC; 8:30 pm CST). Season Finale.
And speaking of comedies that had lousy beginnings...
This show really found itself this year.
It wasn't my favorite show, but I will admit I often laughed harder at it than I did with most others.


Thursday, 4/5

Scandal; ABC. 9:01 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Kerry Washington stars as a crisis-management professional.


Friday, 4/6

Magic City; Starz. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Jeffrey Dean Morgan stars as a hotel owner in 1950s (or 1960s by some accounts) Miami; time of the Rat Pack and mobsters.
Good news: it already got picked up for a second season, so you won't get invested just for it to get cancelled.


Sunday, 4/8

CSI: Miami (CBS; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.
And it hasn't yet gotten renewed for next year...

Nurse Jackie; Showtime. 8 pm CST. Season Premiere.

Chopped All-Stars; Food Network. 8 pm CST. Season Premiere.

The Big C; Showtime. 8:30 pm CST. 3rd Season Premiere.

The Borgias; Showtime. 9 pm CST. Season Premiere.

The Client List; Lifetime. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Based on the TV-movie, Jennifer Love Hewitt stars as a spa-worker.
That's all I know.